Kate Riga

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Kate Riga is a news writer for Talking Points Memo based in New York City. Before joining TPM, Kate was the political reporter for The Southampton Press. She is a graduate of Georgetown University and a native of Philadelphia.

Dan Bishop, the Republican running in North Carolina’s 9th District, has molded himself into a President Donald Trump facsimile, making Tuesday’s special election a true proxy war for larger races to come.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross called acting NOAA Administrator Neil Jacobs from Greece to threaten him and top officials with termination if they didn’t contradict a statement from the Birmingham, Alabama office undermining President Donald Trump’s bogus Hurricane Dorian meteorology.

Texas Sen. Pat Fallon (R) told a Tea Party group Monday that he is exploring a primary challenge to Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) after waiting fruitlessly for a “viable conservative” to step up to the plate.

Jon Ossoff, the once-rising star who came within spitting distance of winning a special election for the heavily Republican sixth congressional district in Georgia, has set his sights on a new prize: Sen. David Perdue’s (R-GA) seat.

Craig McLean, acting chief scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is investigating whether a statement put out by his agency backing up President Donald Trump’s deluded claims about Alabama potentially being impacted by Hurricane Dorian was an ethical breach.

Mark Halperin, an ex-pundit who slinked off in disgrace after being accused of sexual misconduct by a whole host of women, is attempting a comeback. And, based on a hostile call he had with MSNBC chief Phil Griffin, he is not looking kindly on those who stand in his way.